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“What are you doing here?”
“I came here for you,” taking a step over the threshold I lift my hand and cup her cheek. “You left me no other choice but to drive more than eight hours so that I can tell you that I’m in love with you.”
She swallows hard, her throat bobbing, and her eyes widen in surprise. “Always thought you would be the first one to hear me say that, but your brother holds that honor, sorry.” I shrug and her face wrinkles up in complete confusion. “And your dad.”
“What are you talking about?”
Moving inside I close the door behind me to keep out the bugs flying around the light outside. I am aware that the twins and her friend Claire are still close, observing everything taking place, but I drove all this way to make a point so I’m not going to stop now.
“I went to your parents, because I thought you were hiding out there. I figured it was the only way I’d get you to listen to what I had to say. Found your dad there, who wasn’t willing to give up any information, so as I was leaving, your brother came barreling down the drive and blocked me in. He gave me hell, I gave it back and when your dad observed it all, he put a stop to it.”
“There weren’t any fists involved?”
“No, babe, nothing physical,” I drag my thumb over her jaw.
“A lot of talking, but in the end I guess your dad understood or maybe he took pity on me, he gave me this address and here I am.”
“Here you are,” she mumbles.
“You gave me no choice, but to follow you.”
“I was only trying to give you the time you wanted,” Amara shrugs.
“I didn’t want time away from you.”
“But you said—,”
Interrupting her I clarify that memory in her mind. “You only heard what you allowed me to say before you cut me off. I just wanted a little time to let it sink in, time for us to process and figure out what happens next. But not once did I want to do that apart. I’m in love with you,” her eyes widen in surprise, but I don't stop. “It is something I’ve never experienced with any woman, that isn’t going to change because I found out that I’m going to be a dad by accident. It's not going to change because I was upset that you didn’t tell me, and I had to find out on my own. Loving you isn’t something I can get rid of or even want to. You being pregnant is a shock yes, but damn it Mar it only makes me love you more. I may not know a thing about being a father and I may fear that I’ll be terrible at it, but I want it. I want this with you, all of it. You running away from me isn’t making it easy.”
“I wasn’t running,” she argues, making me smile.
“It was a ‘girls' getaway.” Her sister Leah offers her own sassiness, with her hands on her hips. These Bennett women carry the same attitude, even quiet Lauren who is watching me close. Almost like she is looking for a break or a fault that gives away some secret. But there are no secrets.
Glancing back at Leah I hold her stare. “Well, I hate to tell you, but I’m crashing your ‘girls' getaway.”
“Figures,” she huffs, rolling her eyes and making me laugh.
I look back at Amara leaning in closer, trying my best to get a little more privacy because three sets of eyes are still watching us, I press my forehead to hers. “I don’t need time to know that I love you, and that I’ll love this baby. But I will need your patience because I am pretty sure I’m going to suck at this.”
“No you won’t,” she whispers, and I lean in to press a soft kiss to her lips.
“Not the loving you part, because that’s easy.”
“Tell me about it, I’ve loved you since I was an annoying twelve-year-old tagging along with you and Liam.”
“So many years wasted,” I smile when she leans back and looks up at me. “You should have told me sweetheart. Would have saved me so many mistakes.” I chuckle lightly.
“Does it make you feel better to know that I’m already in too deep? That I was before the first kiss and now it's only a one hundred times more real.”
“It does,” she shakes her head at me, pushing against my chest but I don’t step back.
“But, only because now I truly know without a doubt that I’m not alone in this.”
“Of course you’re not alone,” sliding her hand over my chest, and up the side of my neck, resting her palm against my cheek. “Tyler if you would have been paying attention all these years you could have figured it all out. I’ve been in love with you for years. I’ve watched you, hating that any other woman had you when I wanted you so badly.”
“I’m yours,” the hold she has on me is still shocking. The panic, can’t eat, can’t sleep, fear of it all being taken away in an instant, feeling, I’ve got it all. “Only yours.”
She kisses me, and I hook her waist with my good arm.
